46th month (April 2008)
This month Peter mounted the dinette frames.
Brackets and plates for the dinette seat mounts.
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Test fitting the dinette seat |
The mounting brackets and plates are welded in place.
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And sealed with Sikaflex. |
The floorboard complete with the mounting holes. |
This shows the dinette frame mounted |
Notice the holes in front of the dinette frame.
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The front bumper mounts are painted black.
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This will be covered next month
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and this too.
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47th month (May 2008)
Continued to work on the bin doors.
After the interruption with the seat mounts, it is back to the bin doors.
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The metal skin is glued on the inside of the bin door.
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The inside skin is in two sections
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It is glued on too. |
A little bog to smooth the overlap |
The door is done... it will be painted when it is hanging.
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The door is hung with a Centaflex hinge. We did have a
problem and need to buy new struts. The old once are too strong.
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The electrical panel door is hung, too. |
It finally happened, the old batteries died.
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So, here are the new batteries. |
Time to work on the rear. |
We needed to change the frame to fit the lights.
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Cut...
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Cut...
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48th month (June 2008)
Working on the rear and inside on the floor near the front.
Ahh, that's better |
Then the rain started, so we had to move inside.
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At long last we can finish this area. |
Insulation in, floorboard glued down, done. :-)
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In the mean time, our friendly window man came over and finished the windows. |
There, doesn't that look just fantastic. Still missing
the bumper/bull bar.
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Back on the rear. Made pans for the lights.
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That should protect them nicely. |
Glued the panels on |
A close-up |
Bog on the corner blends the rear header with the bottom panels. |
Some paint. The rear header still needs to be painted. |
This is the end result.
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Ready for the rear lights.
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Finally back on this job. |
Side panel glued on and insulation...
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put in and the panel glued on.
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The same of the passenger side.
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All done. :-) |
Next, for the front, is the cabin floor. But there is a job under the floor first (next month).
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This beam is 1.6mm sheet bent into the shape you see here.
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It will hold the fibreglass panel above and rear engine door below.
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Next month this should be finished. |
The 'beam' is flat underneath and follows the rest of the engine bay ceiling.
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